Tip-enhanced infrared nanospectroscopy via molecular expansion force detection

Nature Photonics

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 307-312

  Lu, Feng ^a   Jin, Mingzhou ^a   Belkin, Mikhail A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; LIGHT ABSORPTION; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NEAR FIELD SCANNING OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; SCATTERING;

CHEMICAL IDENTIFICATION; MID INFRARED DETECTORS; MID-INFRARED ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; MID-INFRARED SPECTRA; MID-INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MOLECULAR EXPANSIONS; MOLECULAR FINGERPRINT; SENSITIVE TECHNIQUES;

INFRARED DEVICES;

EID: 84897424985     PISSN: 17494885     EISSN: 17494893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphoton.2013.373     Document Type: Article

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